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J. H. FORSYT H. MEASURING BAGGER.

PatentedApjr. 17; 1888 NW W 6 W N. PETERS Phnkv-Lithognpller. Wi ihinglol D. b

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

Jonu H. FORSYTH, or FARGQDAKOTA TERRITORY.

.MEASU R NG-BQAGGE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming .part of Letters Patent No. 331,122, dated Apru 17, 1888. i l Application filed February 1; 1888. Serial No. 262,686. (No model.)

.To all ivhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN H. FoRsYTH,,a citizen of the United States, residing at Fargo,

in the county of Cass and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and useful Measuring- Bagger,of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in de-' vices for measuring and bagging grain as it is delivered from the thrashing-machine. The to devices heretofore in use for this purpose have proven inconvenient and unsatisfactory, the power required to operate them being so considerable as to-nullify their utility.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of agrain-bagger and reduce the movement'and power required to operate the same,.which I attain by the devices described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts.

2o 7 Figure l in the drawings is a front elevation of the bagger as attached to the elevator of a thrasher. w Figs. 2 and 3 are trausversevertical sections of same, and Fig. 4 is a' view of the under side of the trap G. y

The hopper A and'measuring-chamber B are secured rigidly to the side of the elevator O. The chamber B is provided with a receivingport, D, at the top and a discharge-port, E, atthe base, and with a door or trap, G, hinged from underneath the rear side of said port E, and, is also provided with a lever, H, at the. rear side, extending vertically the wholelength of chamber and hinged or n pivoted thereto a cut-off to the port'D, and to the bottom of tending underneath the bottom of chamber,

0 and carrying at the extreme end a frictionport D, and the bracket with roller being so adjusted that when bottomof lever is extended rearward the roller will meet the rear of the door G as' it hangs open, as shown in Fig. 3, and when moved forward the roller will impinge the door, closing it instantly, and while supporting it closed continue its travel .until cut-off slide at the top is fully open,

. operate'the lever conveniently. Y

,mum. The chamber Bis also provided with about midway. To the'top of this lever ishinged a slide, F, extending in and serving as ,roller, J, the lever H being pivoted at a point which allows of movement equal to width of p lever having the slide cut-off attached at one The roller J moving in an arc with a radius from the pivot'of the lever, a recess, K, with i a corresponding arc is formed in the door from the under side, of sufticient width to' permit the free travel of the roller therein, by which 5 device the roller J, afterclosing' the door andwhile holding it firmly closed,- may continue the forward movement required to-ope'n the port at the top. A rod, a, is extended throughthe chamber from the front near the base and attached to lower partof the lever or bracket, with handle in front by which to moveand It will be readily perceivedthatby the use; of the hinged door and roller at the dischargeport, in conjunction with the slide cutoff at thereceiving-port, the movement and power required to operate are reduced 'to the mini-.

a removable and adjustable partition, 0, for varying the capacity ofsame.

In operatingtlle bagger a bag or sack is suspended by any suitable device underneath the chamber 13; The roller Jbeing moved forward, the door G is "closed and the. port D at .75 the top fully open, as, shown in Fig.'=2,.which., allows the grain to flow freely from the hopper A into the chamber B. When filledfthe I bottom 'oflever is pushed back by means of the handle 01 until the slide F covers the port D, at which point the door Gis freed from the; support of the roller J and drops open, as. shown in Fig. 3, discharging the measured quantity into the bag. Aslight forward movementof the roller. brings it again in contact with the door and closes the port F before the port at top begins to open. p Having thus described my invention,whatI 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A measuringbaggerhaving a sli'deeut' off for the receiving-port and a hinged door for the discharge-port of the measuring-chamber, in combination'with a hinged or pivoted end of lever and theother end'detachedfr'om butso arranged and adjusted as toimpinge and operate the hinged discharge-door simul taneously with the cut-off, substantially as herein described. r reo 2. In combination withameasuring-bagger, with the hinged door G, provided with the I the lever H, with the slide F and the roller J recess K, substantially as described.

attached thereto, and a hinged discharge-door,

arranged to operate substantially as herein JOHN T 5 described. Witnesses:

3. The combination, inameasuring-bagger, GEO. B. DIOKEY,

of the lever H, the slide F, and the roller J, l GEO. B. HUNT. 

